ALEXANDER MAYLARK MATTHEWS HAD A DAUGHTERS VIRGINIA ESTHER MATTHEWS AND ADELAIDE CONSTANCE. I AM TRYING TO TRACE THE MOTHER OF THE TWO GIRLS AND WIFE OF ALEXANDER, WHO I BELIEVE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF A SCOTTISH SHIPS CAPTAN. THE GIRLS WERE BORN IN DELHI BENGAL INDIA 1860'S.

Before The National Archives were set up in India, there was a system of keeping manuscript records which were created by Hindu rulers, sultans, Mughal and other Muslim rulers.

Records may be available in the form of palm leaf, bark, parchment, silk, leather and cloth manuscripts. Records created by the Indian local rulers, Hindu temples, Islamic shrines, gurdwaras, and waqf authorities (the Charitable Islamic Trust) may be kept at the local state libraries, museums and relevant State Archives.

These documents can give a certain degree of family history information on elite families and higher-ranking officials who served the local rulers.

In 1891 (during the British period), the National Archives of India was established as the Imperial Record Department in Calcutta. Since 1947, the National Archives of India has established four regional offices at Bhopal, Jaipur, Bhubaneswar and Pandicherry. Their contact details are as follows: